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Catch up with any of our updates about David Tennant’s projects and appearances with this weekly post. Simply click the link to read the article. Don't forget if you want to access older news stories you can still do so in our archives.

The BBC production of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Sir Patrick Stewart will be available in the UK for free for a limited period on Thursday as part of the Shakespeare400 celebrations.

To mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, Digital Theatre+ are hosting a week of watchalongs starting from Monday 1st August in conjunction with BBC Active. During the course of next week, Shakespeare fans across the UK will be able to participate in watchalongs of six BBC Active productions featuring some world class British talent. Viewers will be given access to each stream at a particular date and time and then will be encouraged to join in the chat on Twitter using the hashtag #DTShx.

Way before Alec Hardy came to life, David Tennant was known for playing another police officer in another ITV series, Duck Patrol.

Originally airing in the UK in 1998, a comedy drama from the creators of 'Second Thoughts' and 'Faith In The Future', Duck Patrol deals with the activities of the officers of the Ravensbeck River Police Station, whose job it is to maintain law and order along the river's banks.
The Sarge is supposed to be in charge of the station, but he tends to concentrate on his fishing and leave the day-to-day running of everything to Prof (Richard Wilson "One Foot In The Grave")
Other main characters include Prof's girlfriend, Val (Sue Johnson "The Royle Family"), love struck young copper Darwin, (David Tennant), and the object of his affections, Marilyn (Samantha Beckinsale, "London's Burning").

We've recently raided our film collection and are uploading episodes of the series for you.
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David Tennant takes the lead in a repeat broadcast of his first stint as guest host of Have I Got News For You next week. Originally shown on October 31st last year, the show can be seen again, under the title of Have I Got Old News For You, on Monday 1st August at 10.45pm on BBC One.

The long-running satirical current affairs quiz pits two celebrity teams against one another as they dissect the biggest and quirkiest stories from the week's news. Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are the regular team captains and in this edition they are joined by artist Grayson Perry and comedian Katherine Ryan.

The long running show from Hat Trick Productions was first
broadcast in 1990 and is now in its 51st series. A celebrity guest host has
chaired the show since 2002.

When season 4 of Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles resumes next month, it will sadly be without the Fugitoid, the fan favourite character brought to vibrant life by the vocal talents of David Tennant. The cyborg scientist had been the gang's mentor and protector during the first 14 episodes of this season, which saw the Turtles travelling in space and time in an attempt to avert the destruction of Earth seen at the climax of season 3.

The TMNT cast were on hand at last weekend's San Diego Comic Con to discuss the characters' return to New York, and Rob Paulsen, who voices Donatello, took the opportunity to pay a final tribute to David.

"Not only do you get to work with your buddies, but having
David Tennant on our show, even though he was not in the room with us, they
had to record him from Scotland or England, but David ‘freaking’ Tennant!" he said. "He is a world class actor from every angle and that was a huge thrill for me,
just to be able to…

Toymakers Funko have just revealed the latest additions to their super-cute Pop! Vinyl Doctor Who range, with new figures on the way of various incarnations of the doctor and one of his mortal enemies.

The latest version of Ten, as portrayed by David Tennant, is clad in his blue suit and comes complete with his handy spare hand - the one lopped off by the Sycorax, retrieved by Torchwood and kept by Jack Harkness. Well, we can all use a helping hand now and then, after all!USA Click here to pre-orderUK Click here to pre-order The Doctor's always the cleverest person in the room, and now the Eleventh Doctor is a million times more clever! The Cyber Doctor was seen in the Matt Smith episode Nightmare In Silver.USA Click here to pre-orderUK Click here to pre-order Poor War Doctor - he even has to put up with Chinny and Sandshoes in the world of Pop! Vinyl. John Hurt's incarnation was seen in all of his crotchety glory in The Day Of The Doctor.USA Click here to pre-order

"The Earth has plenty of deadly secrets still to share. And
humanity is never short of enemies..."Captain Jack is back!

We know that many of our readers are fans of John Barrowman and Torchwood too, so we're happy to bring some good news shared by our friends at Titan Comics. As announced at San Diego Comic Con last weekend, Titan Comics are launching the debut issue of their new Torchwood comic series next month. Jack, Gwen and Rhys are all back, and you can expect a few more familiar faces and locations along the way

But not only is there a brand new adventure based on the much missed BBC show, it's been penned by one of its stars! John Barrowman - Jack Harkness himself - has teamed up once again with his sister Carole to write the story, and, after their much acclaimed collaboration on the Torchwood novel Exodus Code, fans can be certain that this new venture won't disappoint. The pair are supported by artists Antonio Fuso (Drive, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet…

The producers of David Tennant's upcoming feature film Mad To Be Normal have released a new set of photos to the project's IMDB page. The images feature David and fellow cast members including Elisabeth Moss, David Bamber, Linda Hargreaves and Aaron Taylor.

Mad To Be Normal is set in the 1960s and stars David as the renowned Scottish psychiatrist Ronnie Laing, the so
called acid-Marxist who rejected the accepted medical model of mental illness in order to focus on the personal emotional journeys of each of his patients. In 1965, Laing and a
group of colleagues created the Philadelphia Association and started a unique psychiatric community project at Kingsley Hall, where patients and therapists
lived together. He was often criticised for his techniques, which included the
occasional use of the drug LSD.
The film, which also stars Michael Gambon and Gabriel Byrne, was
filmed at various locations across Yorkshire and London earlier this year. The movie is a Gizmo Films production…

Following on from the huge success of the first book, a brand new Doctor Who colouring book which focuses on the Doctor's travels back in time is released in the USA today.
Inside you'll find the Doctor's greatest friends and foes from throughout all of history, with original illustrations featuring Churchill, Shakespeare, Van Gogh, Dickens, Madame de Pompadour and many more. Colour in kings and queens, Romans and Egyptians, Viking villages and erupting volcanoes . . . not forgetting the occasional dinosaur on a spaceship.
With 45 brand new images to colour, Travels in Time is a fantastic addition to any colouring collection.

The book was also released in the UK earlier this year. Links to buy below:

It won't come as surprise to many who watched the most recent season of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to learn that David Tennant has been nominated for a BTVA Voice Acting Award for his performance as The Fugitoid. David joined the series at the very end of season 3 with his vibrant take on the fan-favourite cyborg who becomes the Turtles' rescuer and mentor, and he subsequently played the role in a 14-episode story arc during Season 4.

David has been nominated in the 5th Behind The Voice Actors Awards in the category Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role. He's up against Harry Shearer (Charles Montgomery Burns, The Simpsons), James Arnold Taylor (Yondu, Guardians Of The Galaxy), JK Simmons (Ford Pines, Gravity Falls) and Liam O'Brien (Underbite, Transformers: Robots In Disguise). There's clearly some tough competition; however, who wins is in your hands!

Two comedy shows narrated by David Tennant have been included in a new poll to determine the nation's favourte sitcom of the 21st Century to date. Twenty Twelve and W1A, created by John Morton and starring Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes, are hilarious spoof fly-on-the-wall documentaries that poke fun at the labyrinthine management structures and ridiculous personas that too often populate the modern workplace. David's tongue-in-cheek voiceover is a notable feature of both series.

The poll of 40 sitcoms has been launched by Radio Times in conjunction with the BFI and also includes Extras, Peter Kay's Car Share, The IT Crowd, The Thick Of It and Friday Night Dinner. Polling runs until Thursday 11th August.

Twenty TwelveIan Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) leads the Olympic Deliverence Committee, the team charged with bringing the Summer Olympics to London. Faced with a fractious team, a PA who is in love with him and a clueless PR guru, is Ian going to be able …

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire has been re-released with a 2016 edition on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK today.
The 2005 film starred David Tennant as Barty Crouch Jr. About the film: Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark, giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again.
In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizards and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Triwizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort…

Catch up with any of our updates about David Tennant’s projects and appearances with this weekly post. Simply click the link to read the article. Don't forget if you want to access older news stories you can still do so in our archives.

David Tennant will briefly revisit his much loved role as the Tenth Doctor later this year - this time in animated form. The Doctor appears in a cutaway gag in an episode of Family Guy when it returns for its 15th Season on FOX in the USA on September 25th.

Fortunately you don't have to wait until September to see the clip - thanks to the highlight reel that FOX dropped at the Family Guy panel at San Diego Comic Con this afternoon, you can catch David's brief appearance in Doctor Who Farted right now: watch from 1m 05s!

FOX have also announced guest appearances from Kyle Chandler (Bloodline) and New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski, who will be joining Peter, Lois, Stewie and all the gang during the new season of irreverent hi-jinks when Seth MacFarlane's adult animated show returns to screens this coming autumn.

A major new Royal Shakespeare Company family attraction, The Play's The Thing, will open in October, just in time for the half term school break. The interactive exhibition will be located in the Swan Wing of the RSC's theatres in Stratford-upon-Avon, marking the culmination of the restoration of the oldest part of the building, which dates from 1879. The Play's The Thing will be the RSC's first ever permanent exhibition devoted to the staging
of Shakespeare’s plays.

Many famous faces have performed at the RSC and the
exhibition includes costumes worn by David Tennant, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian
McKellen, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Laurence Olivier, Paul Robeson and Vivien
Leigh. The immersive exhibition also highlights some of the RSC’s most iconic
theatre productions with treasures from the archive, including rarely-seen
props, exquisite costumes and original set designs. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved too, with a magic costume
mirror for visitors to try…